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' A. A. WIMMERS AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Julyl 2, 1920 N NVENTQR.

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AUGUST A. WIIVIIVIERS, OF DAYTON, OHO, ASSGNOR TG THE EGRY REGISTER COMPANY, OFDAYTN, T-ll), LCURGRATON OF O'IO.

AUTOGRAFHC REGISTER.

Application filed July 2,

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Be it known that l, AUGUST A. lVrirMnns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county' of lilontg'omery and State of hiO, have invented certain new and useful improvements in ij'kutographic legisters, of which the followinggis a specin lication, reference being` had therein to the accompanying; drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in autographic registers.

Heretofore in this art the strips of paper supplied from one or more rolls have been fed through the machine andthe rolls revolved to give off the paper by means of infstrumentalities which pulled upon the paper forcefully enough to revolve the rolls and advance the paper through the machine. Under these constructions the paper was subjected to strain and tension suflicient for these dual purposes, namely, suflicient to lrevolve the rolls to unwind the paper and sufficient to advance the paper through the machine.

lt is the primary object of this invention to dov away with that system and to avoid `submitting' the paper to the excessive strains necessary to revolve the rollers and unwind the paper and also to feed the paper through the machine, as stated, the chief obs Vjection to which was the frequent tearing` of the paper, to the serious inconvenience of the Y dual paper-feeding mechanism, preferably operative from the samecommon actuatingshaft-` one branch of the mechanism acting to revolve the one or more rolls of paper to cause them to pay olf these strips, and the other mechanism acting' to feed through the machine the paper so paid o.

I preferably so adjust and coordinate these mechanisms that the paper shall be slightly slack between the two feeding mechanisms, so that while the paper will be paid off only as fast as it is fed through the machine, still vthere willbe this slight slack in the paper to avoid subjecting` it to` the objectionable strains incident tothe old method of feeding the paper in this class of registers.

Another object of my invention is to prol2. Serial No. 393,489.

vide a removable section or unit comprising a frame, the paperv rolls and the rotatable devices for rotating the rolls, such unit bein@` made separate from the general casing and insertible in and removable from they casing' for the purpose of convenience in use and economy in manufacture.

My invention also includes other objects, more or less of a structural character, as will more fully appear in the detail description to follow. y

ln the zwcoinpanyingj drawings:

Fig. l is a longitudinal, sectional view of my improved machine, ltaken centrally through it; y y

Fig'. 2 is a transverse,sectional view taken on the linejz/-i/ of Fig. l looking` tothe left;

Fig: `3 is adetail sectional kview ofone of the sprocket wheels used in the mechanism for rotating thek paper rolls, on the line e a of Fig. et;

et is an enlargeddetail side elevation of a port-ion of that mechanism;

Fig. 5 ls a vertical, longitudinal section of the machine, talren on the line wof Fig. 2, looking toward the right; t

Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the actuating` shaft.y its l@gear and associatedparts, including the detent to prevent back-turning of the shaft; y

Fig. 7 is a, vertical.sectional view of a part of the casing' and frame to show how theiv are connected:

Fig. 8 is a .partial plan and sectional view on the line S-*S of Fig. 5 and looking` in the direction of the arrow;

Fig. 9 is a detail plan view showing the stop for arresting the movement of the hand crank.

l designates any approved type of auto- `graphic register casing. such, for instance, as has long` been used in the manufacture and sale of such registers by The V.lpgry Register Company, my assigns. This casing includes a hinged end piece 2 by which access to the interior of the casingr ma;v be had and a. pivoted cover or top plate 3, as also tablet plate or support 4 for the paper strips atr the place where they are written upon in recordingr transactions pertaining to sales.

In this casing` I mount an actuating stud shaft 5 operable by a hand crank 6 and carrying` an actuating gear 7 which meshes with an idler pinion 8 mounted on a stud shaft 9` and meshing with a gear 10 carried on the paper feeding shaft 11. See Figs. 2 and 5, from which it will be understood that these several gears are mounted on one side of the casing. The shaft 11 extends across the casing` and is supported on both sides, as seen in Fig. 2j and carries a pair of paper feediirgr rolls or drums 12 having tapered pins 13, preferably round in cross section. It will be noted that there are two of these paper feeding' rolls soconstrncted. These feeding pins cuter perforations formed along' the margins of the strips of paper. The perforations are made in the paper preferably in conjunction with the printing of the blank forms commonly printed on paper for this purpose. The perforations are uniformly spaced apart and the pins are likewise uniformly spaced so that as the drums arerot-ated the pins successively enter the perforations and feed the paper forward or through the machine a distance substantially equal to the length of the circumference of the drums.

A suitable stop 14 limits each movement to one complete rotation of the crank so that with each feeding: operation the feeding" drums and pins make one revolution. To prevent the cra-nk being turned back and the paper thereby slackened or rumpled a spring detent 15 mounted on one side of the casing` engages with the actuating gear wheel 7.

The gear 10 while receiving motion from the pinion 8 transmits motion to a gear 16 which meshes with a gear 17 while it, in turn` meshes with a gear 18. These gears are all mounted on stud shafts 2() and their function is to transmit the motionithey primarily receive from the actuating shaft 5 to the paper roll-operating devices, through a pinion 19, by which one or more paper rolls are rotated on their own axis and made to pay off the paper strips. This roll-opermechanism consists, in the exemplification given in the drawings. of a series of shafts 21. 22 and 23, one for each roll of paper. mounted in the removable frame 24 comprising a base piece and two side plates. as best seen in Fig. 2. On each of these three shafts are .secured two, feed-rolls or disks 25 having their peripheries knurled or otherwise roughened or coated to canse them the more r adily to take hold upon the paper rolls to frictionally rotate them. These shafts have sprocket wheels 26 which are operated by a sprocket chain 27. The chain passes partially round the sprocket wheels on the shafts 21 and 23 and engages opposite sides of the sprocket wheel on' the shaft 22, To properly keep the chain in position with reference to this intermediate sprocket wheel secure plates 28 to one side of the frame 24.

On the shaft 21 1 mount the pinion 19 which meshes with the gear 18 and receives motion therefrom and acts to drive the chain 27 and thus rotate the shafts 22 and 23.

The effect produced by this rotation these shafts is that of rotating the one more rolls of paper, These rolls h30t 31, P2 each comprise a strip of many yards of paper with its margins perforated and wound upon a roller 33 whose supporting` shaft Bt is fitted in slots 85 in the sides of the frame 24. ln addition to the weight of the rolls of paper` which causes them to press upon the disks 25, are spring-pressed arms 86 mounted on shafts 37 supported by the side plates of the frame 24 and provided with springs 3S each secured at one end to the side wall of the frame 2a and at the other end to the shaft 3T so as to exert a rotative influence on the shaft to cause the arms 3G to press downwardly on the shafts 34 and aid in keeping the paper rolls in snficiently firm contact with the feeding disks.

lFor convenience of lifting the arms 36 out of contact with the shafts 34 the ends of the shafts 37 are slotted, as shown at 39 in Figs. and 8, these slots permitting of the use of a screw-driver to slightly rotate 'the shaftsand lift the arms.

lt will now be seen that when the actuating shaft and crank are given a rotative stroke the pin feeding. roller will advance the paper one step through the machine while the disks 25 will be rotated through the intermediate rearing and endless chain and sprocket wheels to revolve the one or more paper rolls and pay off the paper. W'hen the machine is adjusted for use the paper is fitted on the pins in a manner to leave a slight slack in the paper strips as shown at points 40. L11 and 42. Then when the paper is fed the pins advance at sub-y the paper. and the pulling ont of the short strips of paper between the perforations by the otherwise eXecessive strains exerted by the feeding pins.

And it willv further bev noted that the frameV 24: comprises a separate unit together with the parts mounted therein. so' that all these parts may be placed inv their proper posit-ion by the'simple expedient of sett-ing the frame at its place Within the casing. It is there held by means of screws 43 which pass through the walls of the casing and thence into theside plates of the frame 2li, as seen best in Fig. 7. Lugs et properly space the frame and casing apart.

Paper supporting rolls 45 are mounted in the casing to support the webs of paper bctiveen the rolls and the tablet plate 4t. At. the extreme end of the lid 3, beyond its opening 3, I fashion. it to constitute a tearoif edge 3') so that when the strips have been fed one step of the length of the printed form they may be readily torn off. During the tearing on' operation the paper is held from being pulled further through the inachine by the engagement of the feed pins with the perforations therein. the hand crank G at that time being in contact with the stop 14.

Referring to Fig. 3 it will be seen that the sprocket wheels 26 have their teeth slottedv at 26 to receive the links of the chain 27. In this way the chain is prevented from getting off of the sprocket'wheels.

In this application I have shown and dcscribed one means of carrying out my broad invention of imparting rotation to the one or more rolls of paper to pay olf the paper without pulling on the paper webs for that purpose. I shall make herein generic claims to cover this invention. In my copending application filed Feby. 13th, 1920, Ser. No. 358,557, I have shown and described another mechanism for carrying out the saine broad invention. In that application I shall claim that lgeneral type of mechanism, leaving, as stated, the generic claims to be claimed in this application, as Well as the particular form of one embodiment thereof.

Having thus fully ,described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. An autographic register comprising a casing having an opening and a paper support below the opening, a paper-feeding mechanism comprising a manually operated actuating device. a paper feeding device eX- tending above the paper support to engage and feed the strips of paper a predetermined amount at each actuation of the actuating device, and co-acting` devices to rotate the rolls of paper to cause them to pay off the same amount of the paper as is fed above the paper support.

2. An autographic register comprising a casing having an opening and a paper support below the opening, a paper feeding mechanism comprising a hand actuated paper feeding device which engages the paper strips above the paper support and acts to feed the same, and other devices actuated from the hand actuated device which act to rotate Vthe rolls of paper Kop unison to pay off and feed over the paper support the respective strips of paper. y

4. An autographic register including a casing having a paper support below the casing top,`and paper-feeding devices adapted to feed strips of paper over the paper support. of paper rolls and devices to operatethe paper feeding devices and to rotate the rolls in unison toy feed and pay off the respective strips of paper, and a tear-off edge on the casing top.

5. The combination, with a casing having a paper support, an actuating shaft, and a feeding roller provided with pins adapted to enter perforations in paper strips for feeding a fresh supply of paper above the paper support, of paper roll rotating devices, said feeding roller and said rotating devices being operatively connected with the actuating shaft, and a top above the paper support havinga tear-offI edge and an opening for exposing the paper.

6. The combination, with a casing having a paper support, a hand operable actuating shaft. and a feed roller adapted to engage a paper strip and feed it over the paper support, of a rotatable device and a paper roll supported on and rotated thereby, and suitable operative connections between the actuating shaft, the feeding roller and the rotatable device.

7., In an autographic register. the combination. with a casing, an actuating shaft, a pin feeding-roller. a series of shafts. disks mounted thereon, paper rolls resting on said disks. chain and sprocket devices connecting said disk shafts to cause them to rotate in unison1 and gears connecting the actuating shaft with the feeding roller and the sprocket devices.

8. In an autographic register. the combination. with a casing, of a hand operable shaft. a pin feeding-roller geared thereto, a series of shafts each having disks and a sprocket wheel. a chain for said sprocket wheel, a series of gears between one of said shafts and the actuating shaft, slotted bearings over said disks, and ypaper rolls mounted in said bearings and resting on said disks.

9. An autographic register including a casing` a frame therein` shafts mounted in the frame, disks mounted on said shafts,

means carried by the casing to operate the shafts and disks in unison, and paper rolls mounted in the frame and resting on and rotatable by said disks.

10. An autographic register including a casing carrying paper feeding devices, a frame constituting a separate unit from the casing and adapted to fit therein, paper rolls mounted in said frame and roll-rotating de vices also mounted in said frame and oper able by the paper feeding devices and to rotate the rolls to pay off the paper.

11. An autographic register including a casing carrying paper feeding mechanism, a frame constituting a separate unitI from the casing adapted to be inserted in and rel moved therefrom, shafts mounted in said frame, disks and sprocket Wheels on said shafts, and a sprocket chain carried by said sprocket. Wheels, and operable from the paper feeding mechanism.

12. In an autographic register, a frame constituting a separate unit from the casing. slotted bearings there-in, paper rolls mounted in said bearings, spring-pressed arms act ing on the rolls, shafts carrying disks havn ing roughened perforations on which the rolls press and from which they receive rotation, sprocket Wheels on said shafts, and a sprocket chain Working on said sprocket Wheels.

13. In an autographic register, the combination, With a paper roll rotating shaft and disk, of a sprocket wheel mounted on the shaft and havingl its teeth slotted, and a chain Whose links are adapted to enter said slots. the remainder of the teeth entering between the links of the chain.

14. In an autographic register, the combination, With a casing, an actuating shaft, a pin feeding roller and gears all mounted in the casing, of a frame constituting a separate unit insertable in and removable from the casing, roll-rotating disks having shafts mounted in the frame, said shafts being rotatably connected and one of them so connected to said gearing` and rolls of paper supported on and rotated by said disks.

In testimony whereof, I aiiX my signature.

AUGUST A. VVIBIMERS. 

